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Welcome to Kelli's Olympic Nest's tale of how we are creating a home we love through thrifty DIY projects, crafty ideas, and a willingness to get dirty. In between, there's the stories reminding us to also live the life you love.

Welcome to the April Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! So this month, I chose to give a Dollar Tree candle holder a face lift. Here is the original pin.

Have you ever completed something that just didn't quite sit with you? Like you liked it but eh.... This handmade sign was one of those. At the time I was looking for some color and something that added some character to our wall decor and didn't cost a small fortune. My go-to was to make a sign. I really enjoy the process of making free hand signs which you can see some of them here.

Ever since I came across Katie's post on How to Easily Get the Farmhouse Look with Dollar Tree Items I've been inspired to look at Dollar Tree items in a whole new way. Take this one I made for only six dollars here. My last trip to the Dollar Tree was to check out the garden section and to see about getting some baskets. No thoughts of Easter was planned.

This Saturday with Kelli was all about spring cleaning and adding some simple and cheap spring decor. I made this airy grass industrial pot for only $6.00. One of the easiest and quickest Dollar Tree hacks so far.

Oh my! I can’t believe I am doing this. For two years my feet have been dangling in the pool of blogging. Post here. Post there. Rarely a post everywhere. My social media footprint was me just moving my toes back and forth. Never going any deeper than I was comfortable.

Lately I have been seeing a lot of DIY tiered trays on my Pinterest feed. What I love about them is that with a little creativity and home purging you can do this in a short amount of time. For a couple of days it was tier happy at my house. Here's 5, plus one ways I am using my DIY tiered trays.

The corner of my master bath tub has always been an eye sore. I could just never imagine what would look good there. I love the farm style look with clean simple lines. With some scrap pieces of wood and paint I got to work making my own farm style decor.

4 lessons I learned with my DIY faux planked wall.

Not to long ago I painted my craft room sub floor. My sister from Cally was up in the midst of said project. She nodded and then said something that gave me a design wake-up call. "You must really like stripes."

If you are like me you have to-do lists all around. Perhaps yours is posted on the refrigerator or you are really techy and it's on your personal device. At work I am always listing my to-do list on a piece of paper. I have tried differnet methods and this is the one that works for me. At home...well that's another matter.

Our office/guest bed room for one featured a collage of memory lane. I knew I wanted to do something with this wall and seriously contemplated chucking the whole gallery for some large statement piece. Instead I painted existing picture frames.

Hello, there. I'm the voice behind The Olympic Nest. My passion is to create a home I love without spending a whole lot of money doing it. I share the pitfalls and the hooray's of DIY plus tales of outdoor living. Would love to inspire you to make and create something!